User Guide
Homepage address http://www.lib.ibaraki.osaka.jp
Search page address https://kensaku.lib.ibaraki.osaka.jp/winj/opac/top.do
Mobile phone page https://kensaku.lib.ibaraki.osaka.jp/winj/sp/top.do

OpenCentral Library(Tue) - (Fri)
９：３０ AM - 8：００ PM(Sat) (Sun)
９：３０ AM - 5：００ PM(Holiday)９：３０ AM - 5：００ PM
Cyujo, Mizuo, Syoei, Hozumi(Wed)-(Fri)９ ： ３ ０ AM - 8 ： ０ ０PM(Sat)-(Mon) ９：３０ AM –5：００ PM(Holiday)
９ ： ３ ０ AM - 5 ： ０ ０PM

Closed●Central Library- Mondays (except National Holidays)- Year-end and New Years’ Holidays- Maintenance●Library branches (Cyujo, Mizuo, Syoei and Hozumi)- Tuesdays (except National Holidays）- Year-end and New Years’ Holidays- MaintenanceFor the First-Time Visitor (Registration)
No charge is required for the use of the library●To borrow a material, registration of a library card is necessary.
●People who live, work or go to school in Ibaraki city are entitled to registera library card.
●Please bring your personal identification (such as a driver’s license, healthinsurance card, etc.) that verifies your current address.
For non-residents, a certification of working or attending schools in thecity (such as a business card, student ID card, etc.) is also needed.

Ibaraki City Library
What you can do with your library card
You can borrow up... (in total of all libraries in the city)●20 books and magazines for a period of 15 days
●8 titles of CDs and cassettes for a period of 15 days
* CDs and cassettes are not available at Bookmobile.
* A period of borrowing at library branch room is 14 days.

●1 replica of a painting at Central Library for a period of 30 days

Returning materials
Please bring back the materials you borrowed.
（Library card is not necessary for returning materials.）●When the library is closed, please drop only books into the ”HenkyakuPost” (Book Drop Box) which is set up on the side of the entrance.（Donot drop fragile items such as CDs and cassettes into the Book Drop Box.）● You can return materials at any library, library branch room andBookmobile in the city. However, you cannot return CDs at Bookmobile.
●Return a replica of paintings at Central Library or library branches.
●If borrowed materials are still not returned after 4 days from the returning
period, borrowing privileges are suspended until the overdue materials
are returned.
●”Henkyaku-Post” (Book Drop Box) is also located on second floor (nextto the Ibaraki city gallery) of Hankyu Ibaraki-shi Station and second floorof the east entrance of JR Ibaraki Station.
(Do not drop CDs and cassettes into the box.)

Finding materials●Books are arranged by subject.
●Please refer to a computer in the library. Input a title and/or an authorname. Result shows whether the book is available or not.
●You can search for books, CDs and other materials in the library with yourpersonal computer via the internet.
The URL is the following:https://kensaku.lib.ibaraki.osaka.jp/winj/opac/top.do● When you cannot find a particular material, please ask a staff forassistance.

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If you have any question about daily life or research,
don’t hesitate to ask a staff.
●We will introduce materials or answer your questions with the use ofmaterials/resources.
●Reference service by phone is also available.
Phone: ０７２ - ６２７ - ７９３５
（However, we do not provide answers for any homework or prize, oradvice for your life/legal issues.）

Making Reservations (Reserving Materials)
When you cannot find a material you want to borrow,you can make a reservation for that material●Books (including magazines) are available up to 20 in total.
●CDs and cassettes are available up to 8 titles in total.
●We will notify you as the requested book becomes available.
●If your requested book is not owned by the library, we will comply withyour request as much as we can to purchasing them or borrowing themfrom other libraries.
●Reservation on magazines, comics, foreign books and CDs are limited toonly the materials which the library owns.
●For comics and books in series, we will notify you on first come, firstserved basis.
●Reserving a new book before release date is not acceptable.
●You cannot reserve any material during the period of suspended.

How to make a reservation●Please fill out a request form and bring it to the counter.
●Submit a request from computers in any library. (Password registration isrequired.)●Submit a request via the internet. (Password registration is required.)●Place a request by phone. (Available only for books up to 2 titles.)-2-How to pick up your requested materials●At Central Library, requested items are placed in the Pick-up Corner.
●At library branches or library branch rooms, show your library card at thecounter.

★Personal information is strictly confidential.
Personal user records at the library are erased
as you return materials.

Password Application
What are available with a password●You can submit a request of books, magazines, and audio visuals (CDsand cassettes) from any owned searching computer in the library.
●On the library homepage, you can submit a request of books, magazines,and audio visuals (CDs and cassettes) which the library owns.
● You can confirm your borrowing materials and requests from thecomputer in the library or on the website.
●You can receive email notices when your requested materials are readyfor pickup.
●You can make lists of favorite materials.
●You can receive email notices of a new arrival books list by up to fivesorts. Setup SDI beforehand.

Appling for a password●Password is available for users registered a library card. Children underelementary school are not applicable. (For elementary school students,
the signature of their parents is required.)●Fill out the “Password Application Form.” Bring it with your library cardand identification (driver’s license card, health insurance card, student
ID card, etc.) to the counter. Application on behalf of others is notacceptable.
●Junior high school students or older can apply for a password from theweb service.

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pages of the item may be copied. You can get only one copy of part ofthe material for your personal use such as research and study.
●black and white １０ yen per copy●color

２０ yen per copy

For the people who are handicapped◆Please feel free to ask us for assistance.
◆There are desks reserved for the use of people

in wheelchairs.

Other Services●Self-service check-out machines are placed in Central Library and eachlibrary branch.
●Computers for the Internet use are placed in Central Library and eachlibrary branch.
(Application required: One hour per day with your library card orpersonal identification)●At Central Library and each library branches, a commercial databaseterminal is placed for reading digitalized materials of the National Diet
Library or searching newspaper articles or precedents. (Applicationrequired)●Wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi) is available around the Reference Cornerand seats for PC users are located in the Central Library. Wi-Fi use islimited to two hours per day for each user.
● Digital audiobooks and braille books are available for visuallyhandicapped users. Also, reading-in-person service is available forrequested books. Moreover, if you register for a Sapie member (for free),you can submit a request or download audiobooks and braille books on-4-

the Sapie’s website anywhere. For more details, refer to the CentralLibrary.
●For users who have difficulty of coming to the library, postal service ofborrowing and returning books is available for free. For this case, pleasecontact the Central Library.
● For groups and regional organizations which hold book clubs, local
libraries or home libraries, we lend several numbers of books at onetime.
We are always willing to consult with people who want to start a bookclub or a library.
●”Recycled Books Corner” is located in the lobby of the Central Library andeach library branch.
●Each library provides various events such as Story Time for children,
lectures and so on.

Notifications●Bring the library card which the request is placed with to pick up yourrequested material. Reserved materials are not borrowable with otherlibrary cards.
●Users must confirm their current address periodically to activate thelibrary card.
●Smoking, eating, drinking and photo shooting are not allowed in thelibrary. Please refrain from talking on cellphones inside the library.
●Please take good care of all materials of the library.
●The borrowed materials should be returned within the loan period.
●Be sure not to disturb other people using the library.
●If you lose or damage a borrowed material, please report to the library.
You may need to pay for the material.

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Guide to Municipal Libraries
Central LibraryAddress

1-51 Hatakeda-cho Ibaraki cityPhone

072－627－4129

Ｅ-mailcyuotosyokan@city.ibaraki.lg.jp

Car Parking

100 cars

Bicycle-parking

350 bicycles《Direction》

Take a bus 80,82or83 (toward ‘Nakagawara Minami-guchi’ or ‘Outemon
Gakuin University’) from Hankyu Ibaraki-shi Station or JR Ibaraki Station andget off at ‘Chuotoshokan mae.’ Some busses toward ‘Nakagawara Minamiguchi’ are not running through ‘Chuotoshokan mae’, confirm the route
beforehand.
Other establishments beside the Central LibraryFuji Masaharu Memorial Hall

●Exhibitions introduce the life of a local literary person Masaharu Fuji withthe full sized model of his study. His collection has 8 millions of items whichis the one of the largest collection as a single literary person left.
Phone

072 - 627 - 7937

Open

9:00 AM – 5:00 PMFeeFree

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Same as the Central LibraryCyujo Library
Address

2-13 Higashicyujo-cho

Phone

072 – 622 – 2476

Access

700 meters from Hankyu Ibaraki-shi Station or JR Ibaraki Station
Nearest bus stop: Shiyakusyo mae
The Library is established with the Fire Department building on the firstand second floor.

Mizuo Library
Address

3-18 Mizuo 3-chome

Phone
Access072 – 637 – 4416
1500 meters from Hankyu Minami Ibaraki Station
2000 meters from Hankyu Ibaraki-shi Station
Take a Kintetsu bus (Hirata Loop) toward Mizuo 3-chome throughHankyu Ibaraki Minami-guchi from JR Ibaraki Station and get off at
Mizuo 3-chome. The library is 300 meters from the bus stop.

Syoei Library
Address

26-12 Syo 2-chomePhone

072 – 620 – 1171

Access

300 meters from Hankyu Soujiji Station

Hozumi Library
Address

8-30 Matsugamoto-chou (inside the Aeon Mall Ibaraki)

Phone
Access072 – 620 – 1056
600 meters from JR Ibaraki Station
Book Drop Box cannot be used when the Aeon Mall Ibaraki
is closed.

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Open

*Even if open day is a holiday, rooms open as usual.

(Sun) ９:３０ AM - 5:00 PM (Wed) 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM(Sat) ９:３０ AM - 5:00 PM*Saito-nishi also open: (Fri) 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Address 11-35 Funaki-chouOoike Community Center《Toyokawa》
Address 16-8 Fujinosato 2-chome
Toyokawa Community CenterPhone072 – 634 - 2530

Phone 072 – 641 - 8911

《Shirakawa》《Tennou》《Ooike》

Address 8-17 Ayukawa 1-chome
Shirakawa Community Center

Address 13-71 Tennou 2-chome
Tennou Community Center

Phone

Phone

072 – 632 - 7870

室 《Tamashima》
Address 25-9 Hirata 2-chome
Tamashima Community CenterPhone

072 – 633 - 1020

《Yamatedai》《Ooda》
Address 6-18 Ooda 3-chome
Ooda Community Center
玉島分室
Phone 072 – 623 - 9076

《Saito-nishi》
Address 3-4 Saito Asagi 1-chome
Saito Community Center
Phone 072 – 641 - 2175
太田分室

Address 32-2 Yamatedai 3-chome
Yamatedai Community Center
Phone 072 – 649 – 1050

072 – 625 - 7007

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Refer to the library website or monthly brochure Kouhou Ibaraki for visit
date and time or areas.
Bookmobile carries about four thousands of books such as novels,
practical books, books for children, picture books and so forth. Comevisit your nearest area.
When you cannot find a book you want to read, place a request.

Ibaraki City Library Service Area
●Tomoshibi (bookmobile) visit areas
1

Miyamano sato

2

Hokushin syuccyosyo

3

Nincyoji Jichikaikan4Oiwa jichikaikan

5

Kurumatsukuri Club

6Mihogaoka minami Kouen

7

Kitakasugaoka JidouYuen

8

Ai Fuei Jutaku Shukaijo

9NishiFukui Fuei Jutaku
Shukaijo

10

Koriyama Fuei Jutaku
Shukaijo

11

Koriyama Danchi
A5-tou mae

12Kasugaoka Hachimangu

13

Shirakawa Chuou Kouen

14

Kurakakiuchi Kaikan

15 Iwakura Kouen-9-E-books service
Qualifications●A library card and password are necessary.
※Wide area card users are not available e-books.

●E-books are available up to 3 in total.
●Lending period is 15 days. After 15 days, data will
disappear automatically.
Reservations●You can book e-books up to 3 in total.
●Lend e-books within a week of preparing.
●We do not inform, so please log in to your accountonce a week.
●Only the materials in the collection can bereserved.
Precautions...

●You cannot copy or screenshot.
●When you reissue your library card, your data oflending and reservation of e-books will reset.
●When you keep materials which overdue for 4days or more, you cannot use e-books service.
More information from the URL below

https://www.d-library.jp/
ibaraki/g0108/guide/

As of Apr. 1, 2022

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